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Keep calm and carry on. This is probably the most popular slogan from UK recently. I saw it many times in the fashion stores around downtown Vancouver area.
When you do not have not any paper mails, you still have tons of emails, text messages on your cellphone, greetings on Facebook and Twitter. So keep calm and carry on. :o)
I passed by the Coastal Church on West Georgia Street and I like its simple and minimalistic architecture. This is the details of its mail slot.
Have a great Wednesday!
Lately I've been thinking of heading to the other side of the world.
The thought of travelling excites me.
As does this song by Paper Lions - ironically titled Traveling:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S02bqXuntE0
Now, where was I?
Ah yes, c'est magnifique, trés jolie...
I want to look across the expanse of sky and feel the breeze kissing my skin.
Oooh la love, I've fallen in love and it's better this time than ever before - Foster the People.
I'M RANDOM AS HELL TODAY!
The Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, has recently opened after a several year renovation. Across the street from the White House, it is a great place to visit when you are in DC. There is more information in the link below, including some fun slide shows.
Paperchase have brought out some London-themed Christmas gift wrap this year, and given that 2014 is the Year of the Bus, it's something special. :)
Wrapping paper: Click here!
Felt tag: Click here!
Explored 03/12/14. Thanks, ta.
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Thanks to SRApix www.flickr.com/photos/srapix/5529172746 for allowing me to use her photo as reference and inspiration for this.
My anniversary present to Mike. Its full of symbolisim : Penguins are separated for long periods of time and have to 'sing' to find their partners,so these two seperate penguins tell mine and Mikes story :)
They are similar but not identical, the different stars symbolise the fact that we were on different countries, the background is 'icey' as we were lost, but our good hearts found each other again ....ahhhhh :)
Made with beads of various sizes, mille, ceramic stars and glass balls.You cant tell with this shot but the glass beads are coated with watered down gel meduim mixed with iridescent dust. Each is 21 x 30 cms.
Fabricada en Alemania entre los años de 1960-1964. Una cámara donde los cromados se usaron profusamente. Fotómetro de selenio acoplado con sensibilidades de 5 a 3200 ASA, ópticas intercambiables, obturador Synchro-Compur con velocidades de B, 1-1/500 sg. Disparador en el frontal, con seguro y rosca para cable. Palanca de avance de la película y montaje del obturador en la parte inferior, también se encuentran aquí el contador de exposiciones, botón para el rebobinado, rosca pequeña para trípode y la apertura de la tapa posterior. Cámara muy robusta y pesada.
(Texto: chatarrafoto.blogspot.com.es/)
This oblique view of the Moon's surface was photographed by the Apollo 10 astronauts in May of 1969. Center point coordinates are located at 16 degrees, 2 minutes east longitude and 0 degrees, 3 minutes north latitude. One of the Apollo 10 astronauts attached a 250mm lens and aimed a handheld 70mm camera at the surface from lunar orbit for a series of pictures in this area.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: AS10-31-4546
Date: May 23, 1969
The Lion of Saint Mark, representing the evangelist St Mark, pictured in the form of a winged lion is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Republic of Venice. It appears also in both merchant and military naval flags of the Italian Republic. The Lion of Saint Mark is also the symbol of the award of the Venice Film Festival, the "Golden Lion", and of the insurance company Assicurazioni Generali.
Other elements often included in depictions of the lion include a halo over his head, a book, and a sword in its paws.
Venetian tradition states that when St. Mark was traveling through Europe, he arrived at a lagoon in Venice, where an angel appeared to him and said "Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum." (May Peace be with you, Mark, my evangelist. Here your body will rest.) This (possibly apocryphal) tradition was used as justification by Rustico da Torcello and Bon da Malamocco in 828 for stealing the remains of St. Mark from his grave in Alexandria, and moving them to Venice, where they were eventually interred in the Basilica of St. Mark.
St Mark, represented as a lion, is a typical Christian iconography derived from the prophetic visions contained in the verse of the Apocalypse of St John 4:7. The lion is one of the four living creatures described in the book as a place around the throne of the Almighty and they are chosen as symbols of the four evangelists. These "beings" were previously described by the prophet Ezekiel.
"Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, he will prepare your way."
The voice of the one who cries in the wilderness: "Prepare Ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths." (Gospel according to Mark 1:1–3)
The lion also symbolizes the power of the Evangelist's word, the wings symbolize the spiritual elevation, while the halo is the traditional Christian symbol of holiness.
However, the lion symbols express also the significance of majesty and power (drawn especially from the upward feline tail), while the book expresses the concepts of wisdom and peace and the halo gives an image of religious piety.
There are many symbolic interpretations with the possible combination of sword and book:
An open book is a symbol of the state's sovereignty (many depictions are of doges kneeling before such representation);
A closed book, however, is considered as a symbol of a delegated sovereignty, and hence the public courts;
An open book (and the sword on the ground is not visible) is popularly considered as a symbol of peace for the state of Venice, but this is not corroborated by any historical source;
A closed book and a drawn sword are popular but mistakenly considered as a symbol of the state in war;
Finally, an open book and a sword are considered as a symbol of public justice.
However, these interpretations are not universally accepted as the Republic of Venice (La Serenissima) never codified its symbols. Rare, but are presented, are also depictions of the lion without a book or a sword and sometimes without the halo (especially in a representation of a statue).
In some depictions the lion rests his front paws on the ground, often in cities with rivers or in ones close to water, indicating the Venetian balanced power on land and sea
The Venetian lion appears in two distinct forms. One is as a winged animal resting on water, to symbolise dominance over the seas, holding St. Mark’s Gospel under a front paw. You can see these mighty animals all round the Mediterranean, usually on top of a classical stone column.
The other form is known as the lion “in moleca”, in the form of a crab. Here the lion is depicted full-faced with its wings circled around the head resembling the claws of a crustacean. It is emerging from water, so that the lion “in moleca” is associated with the lagoon and the city, whereas the standing winged lion is thought to be more associated with Venetian territory around the Mediterranean.
Photographed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Elmwood Wisconsin
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8.5 x 11" framed sketch...
When i dropped my first name in late 1993 and started writing GES, I really hated drawing the letter G for quite some time... but now I love it. I often times dont draw complete sketches... just G's. (useless facts)
Algo sobre graffiti en Bogotá y unas letras que pinté en junio de 2011 ///
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:: La tenaz suramericana :: El reverso del decorado ::
Por: Lucas Ospina
Publicado el: 2012-09-12
"Bogotá, la tenaz suramericana" era una frase pintada en la pared que apareció en los años noventa, al norte, sobre la carrera séptima. El trino parodiaba el mote altisonante que alguien le puso a la ciudad, “Bogotá, la Atenas suramericana”, y daba cuenta de un presente seco y de la aridez que estaba por venir: asesinato de políticos, alcaldes con ínfulas de estrella roquera (Pastrana), burgomaestres estrellados (Caicedo), bombas, polución, trancón y un largo etcétera que se extiende hasta hoy.
“Dinero.” decía un grafiti inmenso que el año pasado alguien pintó sobre una de las culatas irresueltas de la troncal de la calle 26. Un mensaje económico y con un punto final que conjuraba a toda la corruptela que se ha parrandeado esta obra urbanística: el Grupo Nule, los políticos del cartel de la contratación y, por supuesto, todos esos contratistas, como el Grupo Opain, que a pesar de andar vestidos de legalidad han cometido todo tipo de crímenes estéticos.
Al menos, a manera de consuelo, este eterno retorno de lo mismo le ha traído a Bogotá cierto auge del grafiti. Sobre la misma troncal de la calle 26 quedó un “grafitódromo” involuntario donde el acabado inacabado de lo público dejó nichos imposibles para lo humano pero dispuestos para que la pintura los habite. Lo mismo sucedió en la Filadelfia y en la Nueva York en ruinas que dejó la crisis económica en las décadas de los setenta y los ochenta; basta ver las fotos de zonas industriales, vagones y culatas del metro totalmente tatuadas.
Otro tanto sucede en São Paulo con la tipografía del “pixação” que desde la década del sesenta cubre de piso a techo la ciudad en lugares donde no se pensaría que es posible escribir. Tal vez la movilidad, el flujo y la constancia de esta forma pictórica sean una respuesta al quietismo social. El fenómeno se extiende al mundillo del arte: en el 2008, en la Bienal de São Paulo, los curadores dejaron un pabellón en blanco para hacer una sesuda reflexión sobre el vacío. El espacio fue tomado por más de cuarenta “pixadores” que intentaron rayar las paredes y fueron reprimidos, uno de los “artistas vándalos” fue judicializado y las autoridades se encargaron de borrar la intervención para que la gentecita del evento continuara jugando al traje del emperador.
El viandante en el mapa es un texto de Italo Calvino que habla de su visita a una exposición de mapas y figuras de la tierra. Ahí recuerda unas “fotografías de unos grafitis misteriosos [que aparecieron] hace pocos años en los muros de la nueva ciudad de Fez, en Marruecos”. Al parecer quien los trazaba “era un vagabundo analfabeto, campesino emigrado que no se había integrado a la vida urbana y que para orientarse debía marcar itinerarios de su propio mapa secreto, superponiéndolos a la topografía de la ciudad moderna que le era extraña y hostil”.
En Bogotá, hace poco más de un año, murió Diego Felipe Becerra. Hay un policía procesado por el crimen. Todo indica que el incidente se debió a que el joven estaba haciendo un grafiti. Horas después del hecho, se intentó convertir a la víctima en victimario y se alteró la escena para hacerlo pasar por un ladrón. Muchos de los foristas que comentan el caso transfieren al artista la culpa del policía, y lo hacen porque supuestamente no usó las vías legales de expresión (una universidad, una sala museal, una pared aprobada por la Alcaldía). Pero resulta que los grafitis forman parte de ese mapa secreto que algunos ciudadanos usan para orientarse en medio de una ciudad cada vez más extraña y hostil. No importa que el trazo sea pequeño, mediano o grande, bonito o feo, de plantilla o de calibre grueso, con crítica o con ornamento, el grafiti es un gesto humano de respuesta pública al desvarío de la burocracia estética y la podredumbre estatal.
El grafiti es un medio privilegiado, es un arte sin intermediación, y Bogotá, “la tenaz suramericana”, se lo merece.
www.revistaarcadia.com/opinion/columnas/articulo/la-tenaz...
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